Table 1. Sociodemographic characteristics stratified by caseness of depression.
| No Depression (ND) PHQ-9<1091.6% (n = 4580) | Depression PHQ-9≥10 7.1% (n = 357) | p | |
| Female % (n) | 48.4 (2218) | 59.4 (212) | <0.0001 |
| Age ♂, mean (age-range)* | 56.1 (35 – 75) | 53.3 (35 – 75) | 0.0028 |
| Age ♀, mean (age-range)* | 55.1 (35 – 75) | 53.0 (35 – 75) | 0.0073 |
| SES (3–21), mean (1.96 sd) | 12.7 (4.0, 21.4) | 11.7 (3.4, 19.9) | <0.0001 |
| Partnership, yes, % (n) | 83.2 (3810) | 72.0 (257) | <0.0001 |
T-test for continuous variables, Chi2-test for categorical variables.
The sample was stratified for gender (men: women = 1∶1) and for age decades, age ranges from 35∶75 = (1∶1∶1∶1).